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Catholic News Service has details from the remarks made Tuesday: New evangelization will never be possible without women who are proud and happy to belong to the Catholic Church, the president of the Belgian bishops’ conference told the Synod of Bishops. “Two-thirds of active members of the church are women,” and the primary evangelizers are [...]
Details from Catholic News Service: The Catholic Church needs to use its media and social networks to spread the faith because much of the news media cover the church in a way that “is full of lies,” Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest told the Synod of Bishops. Across Europe, there is “a spreading [...]
Another great video from Catholic News Service, featuring three men who will be involved in the Synod on the New Evangelization that begins next week: Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz and Cardinal Timothy Dolan.
One of the new bishops meeting the Holy Father today happens to be my new pastor (I hope he brings me back a tee shirt…) Details: “Every believer is called to the challenge of the new evangelization” Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday morning, and bishops must “boldly invite the people from every walk of life [...]
From the Catholic Herald: Twenty-four hour exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will be held in St Francis of Assisi’s church, Stratford, east London, throughout the Olympic Games, it has been announced. Not just in London but throughout the country the Church is gearing up for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Priests and religious will [...]
Some answers and analysis, from the International Business Times: At least 1 million evangelical Christians took part in Saturday’s annual “March for Jesus” in Sao Paulo, demonstrating the growing trend of Protestantism in Brazil. With 123.2 million of 191 million Brazilians identifying as Catholic according to 2010 census data, the South American nation still holds [...]
One of the world’s leading evangelical operations — which first made its mark in open air arenas and then on radio and TV — is moving in a big way into the Internet. It’s ambitious, but I have to wonder: could Graham’s own brand of “New Evangelization” work with the Catholic Church? Details: The remarkable [...]
Below, a very effective video from the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.
The digital world is changing – and fast: For a while now, tech pundits have talked about mobile as the future of computing. Many non-tech-pundits have responded with skepticism. Sure, there are a lot of people with iPhones. But the best web browsing experience is with a desktop computer, right? And besides, why should we [...]
Remember St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis? They launched an extraordinary hospitality campaign during the Super Bowl, opening their doors to anyone and everyone. How’d it go? Take a look.
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